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Consumers turn to organic milk with the belief that this milk is healthier, while others have strong environmental or animal rights beliefs. And luckily, organic milk is a few cents more than conventional milk in the current marketplace.

Research is somewhat limited with regard to evaluating the health benefits of organic milk over conventional milk. This can be confusing to some of us milk drinkers.

To clarify this for us, the Department of Agriculture has four specific requirements that assist in the definition of which milk is organic and which milk is not.

One requirement is that the milk must come from cows never treated with bovine growth hormone, used to increase milk production. Some people feel that milk treated … Read the rest

Raw nut milk has been used for hundreds of years. It has recently come into the mainstream as diets such as vegetarian, vegan, and eating raw foods has become widely acknowledged for all the health benefits. This milk can be purchased at your local store, especially health food stores, or even made right at home. You can find many links on how to properly prepare your own nutty milk online. This milk is a dairy alternative for those who do not drink milk for personal reasons or have allergies or intolerance.

Raw nut milk is an excellent source of added nutrients to your everyday diet. It is much better to drink than common dairy milk and doesn’t hold all the … Read the rest

It has a unique taste. It is very light, crisp, and nutty. A good use for it would be to add it to your coffee or wheat cream for a pleasant morning treat.

The human body receives some more of the benefits of almond milk. These benefits are easily achieved by people who need to increase potassium and magnesium levels in their body through a change in their diets. It also benefits people that drink it by giving them a very high level of vitamin E. People can drink it in to keep their skin looking young and beautiful.

The nutrients of this drink are natural ones and have even been found to be better for you than soy milk. … Read the rest

Milk is More Filling than Junk Food

A piece of candy and a glass of low fat milk may have the same calorie count, but most people would choose the milk if they had to choose the healthy option. That’s because milk is good for you, and at the same time it provides a feeling of satisfaction, because it fills you up. If you include dairy products, including milk, in your everyday diet, then you are likely to feel fuller and therefore not eat as much.

What Makes Milk such a good Fat Buster!

Milk is high in calcium and vitamins D and E. There are also chemicals in milk which fight fat, and are important in helping your body … Read the rest

First, to inhibit tumor
Milk and dairy products contain a substance called as CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), which can effectively destroy the free radicals that may lead to cancer. What’s more, it can quickly combine with the cell membrane, making the cells in the state of defending the invasion of the carcinogenic substances, thereby playing a role in cancer prevention. In addition, the calcium contained in milk can effectively destroy the carcinogens in the intestinal tract, make them decomposed and changed into non-carcinogenic substances, and excrete them out of the body. The vitamin A, vitamin B2 and vitamin D contained in milk all have some preventive effect against gastric cancer and colon cancer.

Today soy milk is consumed all over the world and has replaced the use of regular milk for many people.

One class, which is 250ml, of soya milk has approximately 4 grams of fat, 10 grams of protein, which is total of 140 kCal. It doesn’t have any lactose in it. Because of that this milk is very much recommended for people with lactose intolerance. People with lactose intolerance can’t drink regular cow’s milk and this is the perfect substitute. The downside is that the milk doesn’t have very much calcium in it. That’s why many manufacturers add additional calcium in this milk to add more value compared to regular milk.

Originally, this tea produce is a cultivar (a plant variety which was produced through selective breeding). It was derived from a tea bush found in different regions of Taiwan. It is more popularly known in those areas as Jin Xuan, cultivar of camellia sinensis. Jin Xuan, also known as Tai Cha #12, is a relatively new discovery, developed just in the 1980’s. Such that all good oolongs come from a specific tea bush cultivar, the uniqueness of each is relative from which territory it was cultured. Today, Jin Xuan is one of Taiwan’s four main cultivars— this is not a small feat as there are hundreds of cultivars grown in Taiwan alone. THis tea, therefore, is made of pure herb … Read the rest

Considering how people of all age groups, especially young adults, have become more health conscious and watch their caloric intake, they have changed their eating and drinking habits in a considerable way and are paying greater attention to physical fitness for their well-being. Hence, there is an increasing demand for foods such as cornflakes, oats, whole grains, lean proteins, steamed vegetables and fruits. Changing lifestyles have heightened people’s awareness of the need to evolve eating and cooking behaviour.

For instance, there has been a gradual shift from frying or even cooking food to steaming it. Steamed food maintains 95 per cent of its nutritional value and is far lighter on the stomach.